Hi ForuM-ers, I need to know the specifications of a racket for its playability.

For a 'control' racket, it should have:

Light Head/Racket (don know)
Regular Length Racket (don know)
Balanced Racket (don know)
Stiff Shaft (don know)
Thin Grip (don know)
High Tension Stringing (my preferences)
Strung with BG85 at 24-26lbs (my preferences, :) )

For a 'power' racket, it should have:

Heavy Head (don know)
Flexible Shaft (don know)
Thin Grip (don know)
Low Tension Stringing (my preferences)
Strung with BG80 at 22-24lbs (my preferences, :) )

Please correct me anyway you can and please add more specifications on the two type of rackets. It may help me to understand better about my rackets' play style.

By the way, is the Tactic 8500 or Tactic 9000 is much more head-heavier?
Been reading reviews, and some said that Tactic 9000 is much more head heavier.
Help me clear things out.

Sorry to say, but can't agree with most of ur ideas. The only one maybe I will agree is, power hitters prefer head heavy racket, while fittness players tend to balance ones.

Also for 8500 vs 9000. I will say 80-90%, they are teh same (finally got my hand on a 9000 for several swing). For head heaviness, I think they are also quite the same. According to spec, 8500 is a little bit more head heavy, however, I did not notice that. maybe this due to I put 2 layers of overgrip on my 8500.

I'd say for a control racquet you have to balance the inertial weight of the racquet with power. Head-heavy racquts produce more power but are slower to swing, using the same force. Because of this trade off, you want to get the most power, which means the racquet will be long. For the stiffness, you have to balance power with control again, depending on your strength. Then comes to string tension: higher tension will have better control, but you need a head-heavy racquet to sustain high tensions.

So, the ideal control racquet, for a player with strength and good technique, is:

Racket weight: ideally as low as possible, 3u/4u would be good... 5u better if possible
Length: long
Balance: balanced or head heavy
Stiff Shaft: stiff
Thin Grip: thin and hard grip for max feel
High Tension Stringing : bg88ti better at handling those high tensions than bg85

I myself use a headlight racquet for control since long head heavy 4u racquets don't seem to actually exist as far as I long. Using reasonable tensions for now
;)